PEA FAMILY
Lathyrus annuus (Mürdümük)
(Einjährige Platterbse)
Leguminosae (fabaceae)
Annual herbs. Stems scrambling, glabrous, up to 100 cm. Leaves lternate, median and upper leaves with mostly 3-5-sect tendrils; leaflets 1 -paired., linear-lanceolate or linear, up to 140 mm. Peduncles 1-6-flowered. Sepals 5-7 mm, patent in fruit. Petals free, soft yellow to orange, up to 15 mm. Legume linear-oblong, up to 70 x 11 mm. Seeds 6-8. Fl. May-June. Scrub, hedges, water-meadows, among rocks, fields.
Mediterranean area, Syrian Desert, N. Iraq, Soviet Azerbaijan, N. Iran, C. Asia.
